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| - Greene E. Evans (September 19, 1848 – October 1, 1914) was a porter, groundskeeper, laborer, deputy wharf-master, city councilman, census enumerator, mail agent, teacher, and state legislator in Tennessee. He was enslaved early in his life. He studied at Fisk University in Nashville and lived in Memphis. A Republican, he served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885 to 1887. He attended the 1885 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans as a representative of the General Assembly and was an honored guest. He lived in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee. (en)
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| - Greene E. Evans (September 19, 1848 – October 1, 1914) was a porter, groundskeeper, laborer, deputy wharf-master, city councilman, census enumerator, mail agent, teacher, and state legislator in Tennessee. He was enslaved early in his life. He studied at Fisk University in Nashville and lived in Memphis. A Republican, he served in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885 to 1887. He attended the 1885 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans as a representative of the General Assembly and was an honored guest. He was a singer and belonged to a lyceum. He eventually settled in Chicago with his wife and only child, working as a coal dealer. He lived in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee. (en)
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